Quote:I've watched all the games since the last win (not really sure what channel they were on). It's funny that in the NFL when you have a terrible record and out of playoff contention you're in a way better off losing due to getting a higher draft pick next year where as I'm guessing there are no heated discussions of fans wanting to tank the season vs. fans wanting to win in the Premier League.
I'm still unsure of the structure. Who's in charge of player personnel?
Also, in terms of relegation, would Fulham basically be one of the better teams in the Championship league and likely to be promoted next year, or is it tough to get promoted back?
Also, what does it really mean that Jol was fired and and Rene has taken over? Will there be a drastic change in the way their offense/defense is played?
Basically the roles are quite different for the manager and head coach
Manager
Selection of the team
Man managing players
Planning tactics and instructions on the pitch
Giving the Head Coach and other coaches duties of what they want on the pitch
The buying and selling of players in the transfer windows
Facing the media in pre match and post match interviews
Responsible for bringing the youth players into the first team.
Thats the role of the manager in a nut shell .
Head coach
The head coach is responsible for the training sessions. He will listen to what the manager wants and try to implement that into training regimes. So an example would be the manager wanting the team to play wider , using the wingers more instead of playing in the middle of the park . This would be translated down to the head coach whom with his team will create scenarios and coaching sessions based on what the manager wants .
I hope that makes some sort of sense haha
Relegation
The Championship is notoriously a very difficult league to get out of . Many teams don't succeed in there first attempt once they get relegated. Some clubs have been relegated from the premiership and then relegated from the championship ! . However , it all depends on how good your team is when you get relegated, as if you can keep some of your key players then you should hopefully be ok , although a lot of the ' good ' players will be bought by other teams in the premiership so your relegated team could just consist of dead wood and youth players which makes the whole situation a lot tougher.
Offense/Defence
This is a very good point cobra, this is what we actually hope will happen. Rene will hopefully bring new ideas to the team and change how we play , this could be changing the tactics as i said above as an example or changing players. He will bring his ideas to the table and seeing as he is now in charge he will be able to do whatever he wants in all essence. Our attack ( offence ) is very very poor. Its that poor that in our last game we had a total of ZERO shots on target ! , so hopefully rene will have something up his sleeve to make us much more of an attacking team .
I hope that covers all the points you mentioned VisitingCobra
if not i apologise haha
